N5 - Westport to Turlough [open to traffic]

Westernyelp · 31-05-2021 11:10PM

DumbBrunette wrote:

Rapid progress clearly visible on all sections, and it appears the bridge decks on the railway underbridges are at least partially in place.

Yep. You can see the bridge in place from the Derrywash level crossing

DumbBrunette · 06-06-2021 12:37AM

May 2021 project newsletter now published:

https://n5w2t.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/03-WillsBros-BAM-N5-JV-Newsletter.pdf

DumbBrunette · 07-06-2021 01:56PM

Bridge deck concrete pour was completed last week at the N84 overbridge.

Link: https://structive.ie/structure-305-ballinrobe-road-overbridge/

prunudo · 07-06-2021 02:50PM

DumbBrunette wrote: »

Bridge deck concrete pour was completed last week at the N84 overbridge.

Link: https://structive.ie/structure-305-ballinrobe-road-overbridge/

Thats a big bridge, are they futuring proofing it for 2+2?

BelfastVanMan · 07-06-2021 05:59PM

prunudo wrote: »

Thats a big bridge, are they futuring proofing it for 2+2?

Certainly looks that way.

A rare win for common sense.

L1011 · 07-06-2021 10:14PM

We've generally been quite good at future proofing structures since the early 90s to be fair.

thomas385 · 08-06-2021 01:01AM

Could it be a possibility that they are adding in dedicated turning lanes on the bridge?

Pete_Cavan · 08-06-2021 06:47AM

Preparing the N84 for future 2+2 would not be future proofing, it would be madness.

Cosmo Kramer · 08-06-2021 07:14AM

Yes, if they were ever going to dual Castlebar to Galway they'd presumably do the N60 to Claremorris and link it to the M/N17. Would be amazed if there was ever a need to significantly upgrade the N84 beyond widening stretches and taking out a few bad bends.

The wide bridge must be for slip road turning lanes or something. Which might be no harm as for some older, more local users of this road that don't travel far it will be their first experience of junctions and slip roads and I can see a few hairy moments in the early days after this opens - people heading the wrong way down slip roads in tractors etc.

prunudo · 08-06-2021 07:33AM

thomas385 wrote: »

Could it be a possibility that they are adding in dedicated turning lanes on the bridge?

Actually that makes more sense, certainly is a wide structure whatever the reasoning is.

Chris_5339762 · 08-06-2021 10:20AM

L1011 wrote: »

We've generally been quite good at future proofing structures since the early 90s to be fair.

Generally!

Good -> M6 from Athenry to Galway future proofed for D3.
Bad -> M8 Portlaoise to M7/8 split not future proofed. Unlikely to be needed for a while but this 15km section not being future proofed when all the way to Naas is... well it seems silly.

WBEngineer · 10-06-2021 03:48PM

prunudo wrote: »

Thats a big bridge, are they futuring proofing it for 2+2?

No, there are two vehicle lanes with a third hatched lane for turning vehicles onto/off the western access road. There is also a footpath and then verges on either side.

mayo.mick · 16-06-2021 10:12PM

Wonder what's the reason for these cameras on the N5 at the roundabout under construction for the new Turlough to Westport road?

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mayo.mick · 17-06-2021 08:24PM

Some more recent dashcam footage of the junction with the N5,

DumbBrunette · 19-06-2021 12:53AM

Islandeady overbridge looking towards Castlebar. The new access road to the local lake and cemetery is visible on the left. The original cemetery road, in the distance, will be severed when the bridge in the foreground is completed, which is due to take place in the coming weeks.

Link: https://m.facebook.com/2224058757921503/photos/pcb.2935676703426368/2935676650093040/?type=3&source=49&__tn__=EH-R

yop · 22-06-2021 09:41PM

Islandeady road now closed for a number of weeks. Will be a interesting to see the layout when complete.

I suspect the house on the left of the pic above will also have a new roadway into it.

DumbBrunette · 17-07-2021 04:48PM

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Beam lift was completed at the N60 overbridge in early July. Pic from Structive civil engineering.

Westernyelp · 18-07-2021 05:35PM

Another big bridge

DumbBrunette · 18-07-2021 05:43PM

Is the road at Islandeady open again? Is traffic using the new overbridge??

DumbBrunette · 24-07-2021 09:01PM

The railway bridge at Derrywash, outside Castlebar. The structures in the distance are a culvert and a farm underpass. Pic by Jack Walsh drone photography.